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Haas explains cause of “unbelievable” double pit stop failure

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has explained what happened to cause its both its cars to retire from the 2018 Formula 1 opener in Australia and how it plans to bounce back. The US squad suffered a double disaster during the Melbourne race while both Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean were running inside the top five. Magnussen was the first to pit for Haas due to track position but was forced to stop at turn 4 with a loose left rear wheel before Grosjean suffered a near-identical fate two laps later with a loose front left tyre. Steiner confirmed both the wheel nuts on both cars were cross-threaded meaning neither was properly fitted which forced the on-track stops. The Haas team...
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